Originally Posted by Ecstatic
Now that just isn't true, Quinn, and I'm sure you know that. Boston leads New York in a number of areas...for instance, Boston Metro is currently the most expensive Metro area in the US (NYC is only third). Boston also gets more snow, longer winters, high average wind speed.... :wink:
Seriously, NYC lags far behind Boston in top colleges and universities (but then so does everyone else), even if you don't include Cambridge with Boston. (Remember, Boston is only 39 sq mi and NYC is 301 sq mi; what constitute burroughs in NYC are individual cities here). Likewise, Boston leads in the percentage of college-age residents, biotech research, computer R&D and high tech (usually positioned second behind Silicon Valley), and many other areas. Boston also rivals NYC in areas in which both cities outstrip all other comers, such as size of university and public libraries, museums, sports, classical symphony orchestra, etc.